Café de Jaren
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The read// why locals go
Café de Jaren is Amsterdam's most comfortable grand café, a high-ceilinged room on the Amstel with a terrace out over the water. The grand café is a Dutch-Belgian institution built for lingering — newspapers on the reading table, no pressure on your seat, service that lets an hour become three — and de Jaren does it at scale, with lunch plates and a long drinks list around €18. The waterside terrace is among the largest in the centre and fills the moment the sun appears. Sit upstairs for the view down the Amstel and the light off the water.
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The read// why locals go
Café de Jaren is Amsterdam's most comfortable grand café, a high-ceilinged room on the Amstel with a terrace out over the water. The grand café is a Dutch-Belgian institution built for lingering — newspapers on the reading table, no pressure on your seat, service that lets an hour become three — and de Jaren does it at scale, with lunch plates and a long drinks list around €18. The waterside terrace is among the largest in the centre and fills the moment the sun appears. Sit upstairs for the view down the Amstel and the light off the water.